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Definition of gun
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of gun is as below...
Gun (n.) A
weapon
which
throws
or
propels
a
missile
to a
distance;
any
firearm
or
instrument
for
throwing
projectiles
by the
explosion
of
gunpowder,
consisting
of a tube or
barrel
closed
at one end, in which the
projectile
is
placed,
with an
explosive
charge
behind,
which is
ignited
by
various
means.
Muskets,
rifles,
carbines,
and
fowling
pieces
are
smaller
guns, for hand use, and are
called
small arms.
Larger
guns are
called
cannon,
ordnance,
fieldpieces,
carronades,
howitzers,
etc. See these t
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Mixture
::
Mixture
(n.) A mass of two or more
ingredients,
the
particles
of which are
separable,
independent,
and
uncompounded
with each
other,
no
matter
how
thoroughly
and
finely
commingled;
--
contrasted
with a
compound;
thus,
gunpowder
is a
mechanical
mixture
of
carbon,
sulphur,
and
niter..
Prolonge
::
Prolonge
(n.) A rope with a hook and a
toggle,
sometimes
used to drag a gun
carriage
or to lash it to the
limber,
and for
various
other
purposes..
Gun
::
Gun (n.)
Violent
blasts
of wind.
Hunt
::
Hunt (v. t.) To
search
for or
follow
after,
as game or wild
animals;
to
chase;
to
pursue
for the
purpose
of
catching
or
killing;
to
follow
with dogs or guns for sport or
exercise;
as, to hunt a
deer..
Oarlock
::
Oarlock
(n.) The
notch,
fork, or other
device
on the
gunwale
of a boat, in which the oar rests in
rowing.
See
Rowlock..
Action
::
Action
(n.)
Effective
motion;
also,
mechanism;
as, the
breech
action
of a gun..
Timberhead
::
Timberhead
(n.) The top end of a
timber,
rising
above the
gunwale,
and
serving
for
belaying
ropes,
etc.; --
called
also kevel
head..
Chambered
::
Chambered
(a.)
Having
a
chamber
or
chambers;
as, a
chambered
shell;
a
chambered
gun..
Krupp Gun
::
Krupp gun () A
breech-loading
steel
cannon
manufactured
at the works of
Friedrich
Krupp,
at Essen in
Prussia.
Guns of over
eight-inch
bore are made up of
several
concentric
cylinders;
those of a
smaller
size are
forged
solid..
Snap
::
Snap (v. i.) To miss fire; as, the gun
snapped..
Rewet
::
Rewet (n.) A
gunlock.
Barbette
::
Barbette
(n.) A mound of earth or a
platform
in a
fortification,
on which guns are
mounted
to fire over the
parapet..
Rifle
::
Rifle (n.) A gun, the
inside
of whose
barrel
is
grooved
with
spiral
channels,
thus
giving
the ball a
rotary
motion
and
insuring
greater
accuracy
of fire. As a
military
firearm
it has
superseded
the
musket..
Collodion
::
Collodion
(n.) A
solution
of
pyroxylin
(soluble
gun
cotton)
in ether
containing
a
varying
proportion
of
alcohol.
It is
strongly
adhesive,
and is used by
surgeons
as a
coating
for
wounds;
but its chief
application
is as a
vehicle
for the
sensitive
film in
photography..
Flintlock
::
Flintlock
(n.) A lock for a gun or
pistol,
having
a flint fixed in the
hammer,
which on
striking
the steel
ignites
the
priming..
Twist
::
Twist (n.) The
spiral
course
of the
rifling
of a gun
barrel
or a
cannon.
Trail
::
Trail (n.) That part of the stock of a gun
carriage
which rests on the
ground
when the piece is
unlimbered.
See
Illust.
of Gun
carriage,
under Gun..
Aich's Metal
::
Aich's
metal () A kind of gun
metal,
containing
copper,
zinc, and iron, but no tin..
New
::
New
(superl.)
As if
lately
begun or made;
having
the state or
quality
of
original
freshness;
also,
changed
for the
better;
renovated;
unworn;
untried;
unspent;
as, rest and
travel
made him a new man..
Mitrailleuse
::
Mitrailleuse
(n.) A
breech-loading
machine
gun
consisting
of a
number
of
barrels
fitted
together,
so
arranged
that the
barrels
can be fired
simultaneously,
or
successively,
and
rapidly..
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